CVE-2014-0001

Publication date 31 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

Buffer overflow in client/mysql.cc in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB before 5.5.35 allows remote database servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long server version string.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mysql-5.5	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Fixed in 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed in 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	13.10 saucy	Fixed in 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed in 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed in 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
mysql-5.6	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed in 5.6.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
mysql-dfsg-5.1	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life, was deferred

Notes

mdeslaur

Looks like this was fixed in 5.5.37

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
mysql-5.5	Vendor: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-mysql/mysql-5.5.git;a=commit;h=0ad3ca2b57feaf65b199c8bfb9a8dcd51a0bdb9f

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2170-1
MySQL vulnerabilities
23 April 2014